Torrey, Norman L.:
Boulainvilliers : the Man and the Mask

In: Travaux sur Voltaire et le dix-huitième siècle tome 1 (1955), 159-173

Mention of Spinoza: passim

Literature type: Articles
Language: French
Thematic areas: Reception history
Subject (individuals): Boulainvilliers, Henri de ; Colerus, Jean ; Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Mothe ; Lenglet Dufranois, Nicolas ; Lami, François ; Orobio de Castro, Ishak ; Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de

Complete bibliographic evaluation: yes
Autopsy: yes
English commentary: About order, authorship and contents of the works in the "Réfutation de Spinoza" (1731) . Proposition: The author of the "Preface" [first pagination: 151-158] is not, as given in the book, Boulainvillers, but Lenglet Dufrainet who is presumably also the author of the "Avertissement" [first pagination: a-as]. The false dedication of the authorship of the expositions in the "Preface" is aimed at concealing the positive judgements of Boulainvilliers concerning Spinoza's philosophy in the his "Réfutation de Spinosa" with the consciously misleading title. Finally briefly on the handwritten remarks by Voltaire in the volume.

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